[lg policy] US: Education and the Language Gap

[Harold Schiffman]

Forwarded From:  edling at lists.sis.utsa.edu


US Department of Education



Education and the Language Gap: Secretary Arne Duncan's Remarks at the
Foreign Language Summit



This week, we found out that the brutal truth that we're being
out-educated. On the 2009 Program for International Student
Assessment, the United States scored as average in reading and science
– and below average in math.



We're behind global leaders such as Finland, South Korea, and Canada.
The most surprising news is that Shanghai outscored every other
nation. We see this as a challenge to get better.



And one place we obviously need to get better is in teaching
languages. The United States is a long way from being the
multi-lingual society that so many of our economic competitors are.



Full text:

http://www.ed.gov/news/speeches/education-and-language-gap-secretary-arne-duncans-remarks-foreign-language-summit




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